thelanges5’s 2023 Payroll Blueprint: IA Twins for the Win

[thelanges5]

This is always a fun exercise and I know I’m gonna go over budget by at least a little. I’ll explain my rationale a little bit later.
 

Here are my moves:

Paddack salary dump. I’m texting the 29 another GM’s and whoever takes the $7.5 million and gives me the best prospects gets Paddack.

Trade Vazquez for Diaz. This is a salary swap, and I’d give some prospects to make it more palatable for the Rays. Kala’i Rosario, Tanner Schobel, and Andrew Morris may get it done.

Sign Matthew Boyd. Two years $24 million with $10 million in the first year and the second being a $14 million option. Hope is not a plan and we saw the results of that plan in 2024. Love what I saw from the rookies, but we still need pitching depth.

Sign Amed Rosario to be the new Farm Dawg for $2 million.

Sign James McCann as back up catcher for $1.5 million.

This plan gives us better depth for the upcoming season, breathes a little life into the fan base, and makes the team more attractive for that potential buyer out there.

LFG Twins!

 

• C: Ryan Jeffers ($4.70M)
• 1B: Diaz ($10.00M)
• 2B: Brooks Lee ($0.80M)
• 3B: Royce Lewis ($2.30M)
• SS: Carlos Correa ($36.00M)
• LF: Trevor Larnach ($2.10M)
• CF: Byron Buxton ($15.00M)
• RF: Matt Wallner ($0.80M)
• DH: Miranda ($0.80M)
• 4th OF: DaShawn Keirsey ($0.80M)
• Utility: Willi Castro ($6.20M)
• Utility: A Rosario ($2.00M)
• Backup C: McCann ($1.50M)
• NA: Dead Money Here ($0.00M)
• SP1: Pablo Lopez ($21.50M)
• SP2: Joe Ryan ($3.80M)
• SP3: Bailey Ober ($4.30M)
• SP4: Boyd ($10M)
• SP5: Simeon Woods Richardson ($0.80M)
• RP: Jhoan Duran ($3.70M)
• RP: Brock Stewart ($0.87M)
• RP: Griffin Jax ($2.60M)
• RP: Jorge Alcala ($1.50M)
• RP: Cole Sands ($0.80M)
• RP: Justin Topa ($1.23M)
• RP: Louie Varland ($0.80M)
• RP: Tonkin ($1.00M)
• NA: Dead Money Here ($0.00M)

Payroll is 4.34% over budget

[bean5302]

Boyd was signed by the Cubs (and for a lot more than your estimate 1yr $10MM + $14MM option), but let's assume the Twins do something similar here. I'd expect this team to be a 91-92 win club.

I'm coming up with $136MM total, plus Dobnak's $3MM at $139MM total. I don't think ownership goes for that, but if they were willing to open up the wallet, this is a team with solid depth, and a lot of high end performance potential.

[jctwins]

22 hours ago, bean5302 said:

Boyd was signed by the Cubs (and for a lot more than your estimate 1yr $10MM + $14MM option), but let's assume the Twins do something similar here. I'd expect this team to be a 91-92 win club.

I'm coming up with $136MM total, plus Dobnak's $3MM at $139MM total. I don't think ownership goes for that, but if they were willing to open up the wallet, this is a team with solid depth, and a lot of high end performance potential.

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. That's pretty funny.